雪蓮为菊科风毛菊属植物,民間用于治疗风湿性关节炎、妇女小腹冶痛、閉經、肺寒咳嗽等症。我們对采自甘肃西部的两种雪连:水母雪蓮花Saussurea medusa Maxim.(图1)和东方风毛菊Saussurea obovallata wall. var. Orientalis Diels(图2)。全草的化学成分进行初步实驗,結果摘要报告如下: Saussurea is a plant of the genus Compositae of the Compositae family. Folks are used to treat rheumatoid arthritis, women’s abdominal pain, amenorrhea, and cold and cough. We have two kinds of snow chains from the western part of Gansu: Saussurea medusa Maxim. (Figure 1) and Saussurea obovallata wall. var. Orientalis Diels (Figure 2). The preliminary experiments were conducted on the chemical components of the whole plant and the results were summarized as follows: